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CARPET BOMBING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carpet bombing mean?
• CARPET BOMBING (noun)
The noun CARPET BOMBING has 1 sense:
1. an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
Familiarity information: CARPET BOMBING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
area bombing; carpet bombing; saturation bombing
Hypernyms ("carpet bombing" is a kind of...):
bombardment; bombing (an attack by dropping bombs)
Derivation:
carpet bomb (bomb a large area systematically and extensively)
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